Proneness to boredom and risk behaviors during adolescents' free time

R Biolcati, G Mancini, E Trombini - Psychological reports, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
As a clinical condition, boredom is an emotional state, widespread among young people,
characterized by unpleasant feelings, lack of motivation, and low physiological arousal in …

Developing harm reduction in the context of youth substance use: insights from a multi-site qualitative analysis of young people's harm minimization strategies

EK Jenkins, A Slemon, RJ Haines-Saah - Harm reduction journal, 2017 - Springer
Background Youth substance use programming and educational strategies are frequently
informed by prevention approaches that emphasize abstinence goals, which often do not …

Socio-ecological influences on adolescent (aged 10–17) alcohol use and unhealthy eating behaviours: A systematic review and synthesis of qualitative studies

S Scott, W Elamin, EL Giles, F Hillier-Brown, K Byrnes… - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Excess body weight and risky alcohol consumption are two of the greatest contributors to
global disease. Alcohol use contributes directly and indirectly to weight gain. Health …

[HTML][HTML] “I cannot stand the boredom.” Binge drinking expectancies in adolescence

R Biolcati, S Passini, G Mancini - Addictive Behaviors Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
Introduction: The main aim of this study is to improve our knowledge on binge drinking
behavior in adolescents. In particular, we tested a model of predictors of binge drinking …

[BOOK][B] Injecting bodies in more-than-human worlds

F Dennis - 2019 - taylorfrancis.com
Drug use is widely understood in terms of its subjects, substances and settings. But what
happens when these distinctions start to blur? Injecting Bodies in More-than-Human Worlds …

“Everyone can loosen up and get a bit of a buzz on”: Young adults, alcohol and friendship practices

P Niland, AC Lyons, I Goodwin, F Hutton - International Journal of Drug …, 2013 - Elsevier
In countries with liberalised alcohol policies, alcohol harm reduction strategies
predominantly focus on young adults' excessive drinking harms and risks. However …

Social marketing and behaviour change: Models, theory and applications

L Brennan, W Binney, L Parker, T Aleti… - Social Marketing and …, 2014 - elgaronline.com
It is by being irrelevant, untimely, and dislocated, by being abstract, that the new is brought
into existence, that creation and invention insert their surprise into the everyday and the …

A qualitative study exploring how young people perceive and experience substance use services in British Columbia, Canada

R Turuba, A Amarasekera, AM Howard… - … , prevention, and policy, 2022 - Springer
Background Substance use among youth (ages 12–24) is troublesome given the increasing
risk of harms associated. Even more so, substance use services are largely underutilized …

'Drinking is our modern way of bonding': young people's beliefs about interventions to encourage moderate drinking

RO de Visser, Z Wheeler, C Abraham… - Psychology & …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Efforts to discourage excessive alcohol use among young people can only be effective if the
target audience is exposed to, attends to, and comprehends key messages. The aim of this …

'See it doesn't look pretty does it?'Young adults' airbrushed drinking practices on Facebook

P Niland, AC Lyons, I Goodwin, F Hutton - Psychology & health, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
A range of negative health outcomes are associated with young adults' drinking practices.
One key arena where images of, and interaction about, drinking practices occurs is social …